President Trump and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, are set to meet for a summit in Beijing in mid-May, a meeting that was first scheduled for March but postponed by Trump because of the war in Iran.
The world looks a lot different from when Trump and Xi first agreed to the meeting last October.
Then, one of the biggest issues for the two leaders was extending a newly announced yearlong trade truce. Now, the U.S. and Israel are at war with Iran, China’s closest partner in the Middle East. The Strait of Hormuz, a critical route for Chinese energy and goods, is under a blockade. And the world is in an energy crisis. Xi has been critical of Trump’s war, which risks jeopardizing the easing of tensions between the U.S. and China.
David Pierson, our correspondent who writes about China and how it engages with the world, will be closely covering the long-awaited summit. Tell us what you’d like to know ahead of the meeting about U.S.-China relations and Chinese foreign policy.
We’ll pick a few questions for him to answer in The World newsletter. If we decide to publish your question, we’ll reach out to you.
